Pennsylvania has just over 1,800 registered fire departments. Nearly all – 98.6 percent to be exact – are registered volunteer or mostly volunteer departments with the Keystone State ranking third in the country behind Delaware and Minnesota. Those who volunteer with their local companies in their local communities are heroes in almost every sense of the word.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Politics PA

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday warned of the return of locally acquired cases of malaria, meaning the infections were not linked to foreign travel and appear to have been transmitted by mosquitoes in the U.S. carrying the parasite. So far, there have been four locally acquired cases of malaria in Florida and one in Texas within the last two months.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News

VIDEO: East Pierce Fire & Rescue crews are monitoring a large brush fire that came dangerously close to homes in Edgewood Monday night. It started in the 16000 block of Valley Avenue East and burned up the base of the North Hill in steep terrain where a lot of grass and brush burned. It grew to about 10,000 square feet, causing firefighters to summon more resources.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

PHOTOS: Camano Fire ambulances will now have a new piece of standard equipment on board: video laryngoscopes to help paramedics see inside a patient’s throat during intubation. Intubation tubes, often needed for choking or cardiac arrest, keep the trachea open so air can get to the patient’s lungs. Failed or delayed intubation can have life-threatening consequences.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Stanwood Camano News

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Visitors to Olympic National Park will once again have access to the Hurricane Ridge area, starting at 7 a.m. Tuesday. The grand reopening comes months after a fire destroyed the historic day lodge that was undergoing a massive renovation project. A fence still blocks what remains of the burned down lodge.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle